I've made hundredes of gear up landings...all of them intentional.


Of course they were on water in an amphibian!!!!ggg
Nearly got suckered into a gear up landing with a Twin Beech. Short
final behind a Cessna. Just as I was about to declare a "go around" the
Cessna landed short and taxied off the runway. I was headed for the far
end of a 6000' runway and was cleared to land. I had already cycled the
gear UP and flaps to take-off and had added power when the tower
cleared me to land. I immediately reduced power and only my usual
"short final" check of gear, props, mixture saved us from getting that
sinking feeling and the terrible noise that follows. I still followed
through with an orderly go-around and thought about how the events
could have caused a gear up landing. Simply reinforced my routine last
check on short final to insure gear down and welded or three green.
Ol S&B